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University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Dec 3

Hi! 👋

We're the official University of Essex account.

We'll be sharing fantastic achievements, ground-breaking research and how our Essex community are changing the world.

A Life Sciences student dives in Indonesia

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University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · May 21

A study into grassroots rugby concussion found players’ brains are still affected after being cleared to play.

Led by Dr Ben Jones, the study found seven out of eight concussed players still had abnormal brain responses 25 days after injury.

www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/05...

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University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · May 19

A new global @worldheart.org report co-authored by Essex public health experts has called for governments to tackle rising levels of obesity to help prevent cardiovascular disease.

Find out more about the report:
www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/05...

A health worker in a blue uniform gestures to a patient in a hospital gown. Text on the image reads: "Governments must tackle rising levels of obesity to prevent cardiovascular disease increase."

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University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Apr 22

We're the only university in the UK to offer this exciting degree. You can find out more on the 28th.

For more information 👇

YUFE Alliance @yufealliance.bsky.social · Apr 14

🎓 Is Essex already on your student journey?

🔮Discover it in our next Live Info Sessions, and see your future as an international student!

YUFE Open Day - 23/04 at 11AM CEST
YUFE Joint Bachelor Info Session: 28/04 at 6PM GMT

www.yufe.eu/events

#YUFE #Bachelors #OpenDay #Sustainability #HigherEd

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Ocean Census @oceancensus.bsky.social · Apr 17

Ocean Census Principal Investigator, Dr Michelle Taylor (@universityofessex.bsky.social), spoke to Maryam Moshiri on #BBCNews The World Today about the team's exciting discovery on the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition: the first-ever in situ footage of a colossal squid. 👇

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University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Apr 16

@mattlodder.com is preserving and celebrating tattoo art through research, exhibitions, and storytelling.

Losing the collections of tattoo pioneers would erase key parts of our cultural history, Matt has dedicated his life to saving them.

60stories.essex.ac.uk/saving-tatto...

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University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Apr 14

Exeter City football manager Gary Caldwell hit the headlines claiming his Scottish accent was the reason for being sent off.

Linguist Dr Amanda Cole explores if Scottish accents really are more aggressive.

Find out more in @uk.theconversation.com:
theconversation.com/are-scottish...

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University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Apr 9

Essex scientists are calling for nature lovers to help uncover why our duck population is dropping.

Anyone can take part and help our School of Life Sciences researchers find out why and where the country’s Mallard population has declined.

www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/04...

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University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Apr 4

From developing a new bowel cancer blood test to improve early detection and save lives, to protecting endangered pangolins and exploring the power of wild writing, our latest newsletter highlights the top research stories from across the University.

www.linkedin.com/pulse/resear....

University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Apr 3

The international strength of political science research at Essex has been recognised in a new global ranking.

Our Department of Government is ranked in the top five in Europe for citations and the global top 20 for 'recent impact' in an @apsa.bsky.social journal.

www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/04...

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University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Mar 28

From murders in the 1890s to quests for love, Max Bowden explores the stories that inspired the Grateful Dead.

As some of the original band prepare to play at the Las Vegas Sphere, Max reveals a few of the folklore tales behind their music.

theconversation.com/grateful-dea...

University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Mar 27

A groundbreaking new study is set to explore how British children cope in the first years of school compared with youngsters from across Europe.

@pvrticka.bsky.social will lead the £1.25 million project in Britain.

www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/03...

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University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Mar 26

Not quite a comedy, not quite a horror, not quite a musical - film expert @drdanobrien.bsky.social reviews Opus.

He explains why this satire about an evil celebrity cult has plenty to say, but what that is remains frustratingly unclear.

theconversation.com/opus-clunky-...

University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Mar 25

Pangolins could be saved from extinction if their illegal trafficking is recognised as a serious international crime.

Dr Matthew Gillett of Essex Law School insists that we must get tougher to protect one of the most trafficked mammals in the world.

www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/03...

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University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Mar 24

Professor Natasha Lindstaet explores how after a “very good telephone call” between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, last month's disastrous Oval Office meeting is in the past and the pressure is back on Putin.

Read the @uk.theconversation.com article:
theconversation.com/ukraine-war-...

University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Mar 21

Global researchers led by @julespretty.bsky.social with @erikjacobi.bsky.social and @leannehep.bsky.social have proposed a new vision for Regenerative Good Growth, that will create green economies whilst protecting the planet.

www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/03...

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University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Mar 19

Essex scientists are developing a new bowel cancer blood test to improve early detection and save lives.

Funding from @bowelcanceruk.bsky.social enables Dr Vladimir Teif, Dr Ralf Zwacka and their team to explore this ground-breaking approach.

www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/03...

@teiflab.bsky.social

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · Mar 19

Today's #HigherEducationPostcard shows @universityofessex.bsky.social at night - the bright lights and the big city (of Wivenhoe)

A colour picture postcard showing 1960s concrete buildings, arranged in quadrangles, lit up ; there are tower blocks in the middle distance, and beyond that trees and parkland, and then a distant town. The effect of the lighting is such that the buildings to the front are a creamy pale yellow; the parkland emerald and malachite, and the town beyond a pale crimson

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University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Mar 18

From protest votes to identity politics, Professor Paul Whiteley explores how the Reform party has found a stable niche in British party politics.

Read the article in the @uk.theconversation.com

theconversation.com/two-charts-t...

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University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Mar 17

Star Laws: Stopping Space from Becoming a Billionaire Junkyard

Research led by Dr. Matthew Gillett of Essex Law School has found outdated Cold War-era laws have left a regulatory blackhole, letting private space missions dump satellites and debris.

www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/03...

University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Mar 13

Rewilding takes hundreds of acres, but renaturing can help bring wildlife back to this world from something as small as a window box or a balcony to a suburban garden.

James Canton introduces his new book and explores how we can all get involved in renaturing.

www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/03...

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University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Mar 12

The latest QS World University Rankings has placed Essex in the top 100 for sociology.

Essex is ranked joint 72nd for sociology and also placed in the top 150 for politics and international studies, philosophy and social policy and administration.
#QSWUR

www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/03...

University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Mar 10

A new partnership between the National Institute of Business Management and Essex will provide a gateway to global higher ed in Sri Lanka.

The partnership launches psychology programmes, giving Sri Lankan students an international outlook on education and careers.

www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/03...

University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Mar 5

Hardline atheists are more likely to see conflict between science and faith than religious people, a new study has found.

Research led by Dr Natalia Zarzeczna of Essex Psychology explored compatibility beliefs between atheists and religious people.

www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/03...

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University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Mar 4

With news that the US has paused military aid to Ukraine, Professor Natasha Lindstaedt explores how "a global realignment" could threaten the world's security.

Read the article in the @uk.theconversation.com

theconversation.com/how-trumps-s...

University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · Mar 3

Essex is leading a £1.2m project to uncover if mental fatigue and lapses in concentration are reflected through your eyes.

The revolutionary project will look to reveal how eye movements and pupil dilation reflect just how tired you really are.

www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/02...

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